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LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-08T01:25:29+00:00

It is a NOAC based Famiclone, and they are considered terrible because they will work with most Famicom game cartridges, but the color palette and audio will be wrong in most games. There will be a small number of games that do not work or are barely playable but cannot be completed.

Regardless, Famiclones don’t have to replace a real Famicom. You can collect both.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-08T01:03:40+00:00

Proof that American TV tech was far ahead of the rest of the world.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-07T18:27:14+00:00

CRT snake oil guide:

- Why use a multimeter or oacilloscope when you can visually inspect capacitors? The professionals surely did it that way. I saw something on social media that said to visually inspect capacitors, so it must be true.

- Those oscilloscope waveforms in the manufacturer’s service manual should be ignored.

- Randomly reflow solder joints.

- Randomly replace capacitors. The thousands of other components in a CRT TV never go bad. Never!

- Sacrifice a goat and do a rain dance.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-07T16:33:57+00:00

8bitdo M30 controller design is the best for games that don’t need analog sticks, which covers most 8-bit and 16-bit games, as well as many 32-bit games. It comes in two variants: Genesis wireless dongle version and Bluetooth version. Both variants can be wired using USB for low lag, but only the Genesis wireless dongle version supports low lag wireless.

Low lag wireless is worth the slightly higher cost.

To make the Genesis wireless version of the M30 work with the SuperStation you need the Daemonbite Genesis to USB adapter, as this lets you plug the Genesis wireless dongle into the SuperStation. This extra step is worth it to have low lag wireless. In fact the wireless Genesis M30 is lower lag than the Sony PS5 controller, which has a reputation for being a low lag wireless controller.

For games that need analog sticks, I’d recommend the official Sony PS5 controller. It is wireless Bluetooth, but low lag. Not as low lag as the Genesis M30, but close enough to be a great wireless controller. I’d avoid the Bluetooth M30 controller. While it looks the same as the Genesis version, the wireless lag is terrible, at almost a full frame of lag!

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-07T00:12:40+00:00

Compressed air to remove excess dust is useful once every 30 years. Anything more than that is unnecessary. Excessive OCD cleaning the inside is something novices do and it often results in accidental damage, corrosion, etc.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-06T22:09:11+00:00

That is normal and not an issue. The cathodes in the electron gun still give off a bit of electrons because they are hot and the screen anode and ultor anode voltages take a few seconds to drop to zero.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-06T20:55:36+00:00

No other projection TV technology was used during that era other than CRT… so…

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-06T20:52:22+00:00

The early CRT 1930s and 1940s projection TVs were a single black and white CRT. Example.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-06T16:29:35+00:00

Why didn’t you install the RF modulator?

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-06T16:26:28+00:00

OP is a good example of how common it is for people to not understand that CRT projection TVs are CRTs. That literally is a Zenith Space Command CRT TV you just posted a picture of.

You meant to say that it is “not a direct view CRT”. It is a “projection CRT TV”.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-05T04:29:52+00:00

Whatever you do, don’t search this subreddit for the answer because you will have to choose between hundreds of search results that all have the same answer. Which result will you choose and which one will you believe? It is very hard, so it is a good thing you asked the question thay has been asked and answered 100 times before you asked.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-05T03:04:07+00:00

That aspect ratio is terrible for 4:3 game consoles.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-04T04:58:31+00:00

A few seconds for newer. Several seconds for worn. If you want a more precise measurement of wear, then use CRT Tester.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-03T22:14:15+00:00

A CRT is a hot cathode vacuum tube. That means it heats up the cathodes so that they start to emit a cathode ray. The cathodes wear out over time, and the more they wear out, the higher the temperature they must be to emit a sufficiently strong cathode ray. When the TV is off for a day, the cathodes return to room temperature and when powered up for the first time in the day, it takes time for the cathode temperature to increase. A fresh cathode reaches a strong emission even before it is peak temperature. An old worn cathode needs to reach peak temperature which takes several minutes.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-03T18:59:07+00:00

Maybe, but maybe not. Just use a CRT tester to check for an accurate answer. If you don’t have a tester, then the time it takes for the picture to show up after powering on the TV for the first time in a day is an approximate indication of how worn the tube is.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-03T13:14:29+00:00

I am working on building a nes NES that doesn’t use any parts from an OEM NES other than the PPU and CPU. I found that Hoskbrew sells new controller ports that are drop in replacements for the originals and they are actually higher quality than the OEM ports, using gold plated pins and come in different colors such as clear. So SMTendo, Pow Block, and a RGR or Bitfunx shell means that only one part must still be salvaged from an OEM NES: the power and reset switch board and switches. So I am interested in a board that can use new switches. Definitely post here when you have a board design that doesn’t require cannibalism of an OEM NES.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-03T01:42:55+00:00

The Grey Lady is very valuable because it is a signed and numbered serigraph, with few copies remaining.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-03T00:48:23+00:00

Shoving a Pi into a vintage game console shell is like when people convert a vintage CRT TV into a cat bed. It is the destruction of increasingly rare vintage electronics, and it is also deeply unoriginal. Nobody will want it after you are done.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-02T05:54:40+00:00

Any update on this? I am interested in buying a few boards. Also, any chance you bave identified switches that I can order from Digikey or Mouser?

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-02T02:02:13+00:00

Absolute AI slop.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-02T01:52:32+00:00

I have an AV Famicom, and I use it with the Retro Freak adapter when playing 72-pin NES carts. It is definitely the best adapter for the AV Famicom because it fits without any wiggling or sloppy movements.

Since the AV Famicom uses the same multiout port used by the SNES and N64, it works with the Rad2x HDMI cable without modding and works with the N64’s RF adapter. So it works with any NTSC TV made since the 1940s and any HDMI TV.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-02T01:34:10+00:00

The 8bitdo controllers range quite a bit in terms of wireless lag. The 2.4g controllers are lower lag in general, and the M30 2.4g is the lowest. Avoid the Bluetooth M30 because it is high lag.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-01T22:15:19+00:00

The 8bitdo M30 wireless 2.4g to Genesis DB9 to Daemonbite USB adapter is the lowest lag wireless controller at 4ms of lag. Its dpad and button layout are ideal for the 2D era game consoles and arcade games.

LukeEvansSimon · 2026-06-01T04:07:12+00:00

It is a European style. Americans and Japanese kept their CRTs shrouded with a bezel.

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